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Date added: January 16, 2023
The Works Progress Administration built the Glenn H. Curtiss Memorial School in Hammondsport NY. Originally the facility was the K-12 central school for Hammondsport, NY. It opened in 1936 and closed in 2010. Now in private hands.
Date added: June 16, 2022
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees constructed the Arboretum at Cornell University Arboretum in Ithaca, New York between 1935 and 1941. “Before becoming an arboretum, the area was part of a working farm, and served as a pasture for the… read more
Date added: June 10, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Whitestone Playground in New York. The playground was dedicated in April 1940. The construction of Whitestone Playground was one of many recreation projects pursued by the WPA in New York. “Two thirds of… read more
Date added: May 31, 2022
Panorama of Military History – Painted by T.L. Johnson and funded by the Federal Arts Project (FAP). Covering the south wall is a tremendous mural, in brilliant colors, which features a panorama of military history. The drawing covers an area… read more
Date added: May 9, 2022
The historic post office building in Cortland, New York “was built in 1913-1915 and enlarged in 1940-1941.” The extension was funded by the federal Treasury Department, a New Deal project, and the post office bears a rare cornerstone documenting the… read more
Date added: May 9, 2022
Originally constructed as the Interlaken Central School, what is now the South Seneca Elementary School in Interlaken, New York was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The Ithaca Journal: “On June 8, 1934, Interlaken, Ovid,… read more
Date added: May 9, 2022
The South Seneca Central School building in Ovid, New York was constructed in 1937-8 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $157,500 grant for the project, whose total cost was $358,496. PWA Docket… read more
Date added: May 9, 2022
A Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Apple Pickers” was painted in 1941 by Thomas Donnelly. The mural resides in the retail lobby of the historic Clyde, New York post office building, which is still in use today. Unfortunately the… read more
Date added: May 9, 2022
The historic post office building in Clyde, New York was constructed in “1940–1941 and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A…. read more
Date added: May 9, 2022
The historic post office building in Long Beach, New York houses a New Deal mural commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts: “The Pleasures of the Bathing Beach,” painted by Jon Corbino. The mural was installed in 1939.
Date added: May 3, 2022
In 1939 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissioned a set of four cast reliefs for inclusion on the facade of the then-new Bowery Bay Pumping Station in Queens, New York. The works, which depict men at work engaging in sewage… read more
Date added: April 27, 2022
Citizen Genet School in East Greenbush, New York was constructed as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project from 1939-40. The building bears a 1939 cornerstone. Originally a K-12 school, the facility now houses an elementary school and central offices. Striking… read more
Date added: April 25, 2022
University at Albany, State University of New York’s Hawley Hall was opened in September 1909 as the Auditorium, one of three buildings (with the Science and Administration Buildings) on the original Western Avenue (Downtown) Campus. On December 12, 1927 the… read more
Date added: April 24, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the Main Street Dam at the head of Lake Flower in Saranac Lake NY between 1937 and 1938. The WPA allocated funds for a number of proposed improvements in and around Ogdensburg, including “the… read more
Date added: January 15, 2022
The Irving School was a grammar school in the City of Hornell, New York. After it burned in 1938, it was rebuilt the following year with labor provided through the Works Progress Administration. The 1939 building was incorporated into the… read more